Locals on their way to help out

Two convoys of equipment and personnel from A Clean Environment were en route Friday and Saturday to the East Coast to participate in Hurricane Irene relief efforts.

A spokesperson for the ACE facility in Wilson said Friday equipment and personnel from the firm’s Wilson and Tulsa locations were being dispatched to Winston-Salem, N.C.

Marsha Miller, News Editor

Two convoys of equipment and personnel from A Clean Environment were en route Friday and Saturday to the East Coast to participate in Hurricane Irene relief efforts.
A spokesperson for the ACE facility in Wilson said Friday equipment and personnel from the firm’s Wilson and Tulsa locations were being dispatched to Winston-Salem, N.C.

“Winston-Salem is the Stage 1 area, from there they (equipment/personnel) will be sent by Dupont to wherever they are needed,” the spokesperson said.

The first convoy left Wilson on Friday, the second Saturday morning. More than 30 truck drivers, 30 employees, security guards, a physician and a paramedic were among the relief workers assigned to the area ravaged by Hurricane Irene.